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The Inside Shuffle: The WSOP Main Event; Amaya Gaming Listing; Doyle Brunson's Last Main Event?

As long as there are two people still able to hold and deal a deck of cards, a game of poker will roll on through eternity. The rules may change, new formats may be added, but one thing is certain, the players will eventually always change. One of the most noticeable names in poker missed the Main Event of the World Series of Poker this year. If you don't know who that was, read on.

Online poker players in the United States are waiting impatiently for both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker to reenter the market, while Amaya CEO David Baazov believes the inclusion of the two market leaders to Amaya Gaming will lead to "a global online gaming powerhouse in a large and growing online gaming market."

The World Series of Poker is winding down. The Main Event is on day 2AB and the crazy, insane rush that is the world's biggest poker festival is over for many. In a few hands it will be time to bag and tag for the night. At this point it's anyone's game!

The field is still filled with big names players and superstars after four days of play — and many of the same have already left the Rio...the series is over for them.

Some fun facts and figures furnished by WSOP.com

WHEN: July 5 – July 14, 2014; November 10-11 – Final Nine

WHERE: Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

EVENT #: 65

BUY IN AMOUNT: $10,000

PRIZE POOL: $62,820,200

FIRST PLACE PRIZE: $10,000,000

NUMBER OF ENTRANTS: 6,683 (Main Event)

PLACES PAID: 693 (Earns $18,405)

VALUE OF CHIPS IN PLAY: 200,490,000 (Players start with 30,000 in chips)

Ready to dig into the world of dealing poker? You know the one we're talking about — The View from the Box! The latest edition is up here. Don't be shy in reading up on the 11th seat at the table...who knows, you may need a job someday and the information on those pages can start your education before you apply.

One of the best parts of playing poker is being able to sit down at a table of complete strangers and build your lists of social contacts with each adventure...or not...but the option is always available if you have a buy-in and there's a seat open.

Many players have become poker icons and the masses know more about the icon's life history and background than they do about their own friends and family. So it is with Doyle Brunson, a true poker legend, that has been in the game professionally for over 50 years. Doyle tweeted that he would not play the Main Event of the WSOP this year and he didn't.

TexDolly Doyle BrunsonTo everybody who keeps asking...I'm not playing the Main Event. Hours are just too damn long.#oldpokerplayersneverdiet heyjustfadeaway2014-07-05

Grab the box of tissues because in our thoughts, this is the end of a chapter in Doyle's poker career. Nope, we don't believe that Doyle will give up playing WSOP events or high-stakes cash games at Bellagio, but we believe (as we look in the mirror each day after crawling out of bed and trying to stretch the kinks out of bodies that refuse to stay trim, limber, and wrinkle free as we go through aging in the 'golden years') that the days of poker past are upon many of us.

The curtain fell on "Texas Dolly's" WSOP Main Event this year. *Sniff* Another box of tissues please.